Thermal engineering

Thermal engineering

Heating or cooling of processes, equipment, or enclosed environments are within the purview of thermal engineering.

One or more of the following disciplines may be involved in solving a particular thermal engineering problem:
*Thermodynamics
*Fluid mechanics
*Heat transfer
*Mass transfer

Thermal engineering may be practiced by mechanical engineers.

One branch of knowledge used frequently in thermal engineering is that of thermofluids.

Applications

*Engineering : HVAC
*Cooling of computer chips [ http://www.aavidthermalloy.com/technical/papers/engineering.shtml]
*Boiler design
*Solar heating

External Links

* [http://dir.yahoo.com/Science/Engineering/Mechanical_Engineering/Thermal_Engineering/ Yahoo directory]
* [http://thermal.gsfc.nasa.gov/ Thermal Engineeing branch at Goddard Space Flight Center]
* [http://www.freethesaurus.info/unesco/index.php?tema=2116&/thermal-engineering List of related fields in UNESCO thesaurus]

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